tester wrote: > TWGibson wrote: > >> Ditto about missing the beginning... I have a 435CDS that has the same >> problem with 8.0. Very disappointing... 7.2 works fine though... >> Maybe an >> issue with the 2.4 kernel? I've had the same problem with other distros >> using the 2.4... >> >> TWGibson >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "David Joham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 1:55 PM >> Subject: RE: [expert] LM 8.1 on Toshiba satellite pro 430cds >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I missed the first part of the thread on the Mandrake Expert list. What >> problem are you having with your Toshiba? >> >> On my Toshiba (the exact same model with 48M RAM), the Mandrake install >> dies when trying to create the RAMDISK right after the second stage >> install. It does this both with 8.0 and 8.1 with an error message that >> says there's not enough memory. However, I've managed to install >> Mandrake before on machines with even less memory, so I'm not really >> sure what's going on. >> >> If you do figure this out, I would love to know what it takes to get >> Mandrake running on this machine. >> >> Best regards, >> >> David >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> ---- >> >> >>> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >>> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to >> http://www.mandrakestore.com >> > With 8.0 and 8.1, an alternate install image is useful, but failure to > create ramdiisk is also a frequent error from a bad lot of CD > pressings. Check out the 8.0 media on another machine before trying > anything else. > > For the alternate install image, on 8.1 you boot from CD #2 and on 8.0 > you make a floppy from /images/alternatives/cdrom.img-2.2.19-BADZ5 > using dd or dos or windows rawwrite (which is in /dosutils/ on the > same CD1 install. > > Civileme > > At least one person has suggested this doesn't work either, but there > are other possibilities as well. 7.2 runs nicely on the machine and > the 8.0 kernel 2.4 vm is likely to soak up time noticeably,,, best to > stick with kernel 2.2 both for install and running. > > Civileme > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Ummmm, wait... 2.4 kernel huh? It could be a bad bridge mapping or video mapping from the Toshiba BIOS to the 2.4 kernel which is the first one that lets BIOSes tell it about memory and how it is mapped.
What happens if you use linux mem=43M? Civileme
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